40
Recorded events
2
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$7.3M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Roane County, West Virginia: 40 recorded events between 1996 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #826 nationally and #19 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Roane County, West Virginia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Roane County is the 2020s, when 13 of the county's 40 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Roane County archive, flash flood makes up 17.6% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #826 for this hazard and #19 within West Virginia, putting it in the 72.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for flash flood in Roane County with 11 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2001 | COUNTYWIDE | 0 | 1 | 0 | $35K |
| Jan 21, 1999 | SPENCER | 0 | 1 | 0 | $250K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2025 | CLOVER | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 13, 2025 | GANDEEVILLE | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 14, 2025 | CLOVER | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | NANCY RUN | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 4, 2023 | SPENCER | 0 | $2K |
| Aug 5, 2022 | TRIPLET | 0 | $4K |
| Jun 9, 2022 | COTTON | 0 | $250 |
| May 6, 2022 | ANTIOCH | 0 | $10K |
| Jun 13, 2021 | TRIPLET | 0 | $3K |
| Aug 27, 2020 | PIGEON | 0 | $10K |
Other hazards here
More from Roane County
- Thunderstorm Wind 118
- Hail 41
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Streams overflowed and blocked county roads, plus city streets in Spencer. A 2 year old boy, playing outside at home, fell into swollen Dog Run, near Newton around 1700E. No one saw the boy fall in the stream. The stream was bankfull at the time, with no flooding at that site. The boy's body was found about 2 hours later.
Small streams flooded and closed roads in the extreme southern portion of the county, mainly south of the interstate, and along the Clay County border. This included along such small streams as Granny Creek, Pigeon Run, and Little Pigeon Run. As the smaller streams and runs drained, flash flooding occurred along Big Sandy Creek around Amma and Osbornes Mill. Water surrounded some homes or cut off access to them.
Rains of 1 to 1.75 inches fell over wet terrain in about an hour. This caused small streams in extreme southern Roane County to flood. ||Green Creek flooded, especially its Left Fork. Roads were flooded and driveways were blocked. One truck was swept downstream. The vehicle was destroyed.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Roane County, West Virginia?
40 flash flood events are recorded in Roane County between 1996 and 2025, causing 2 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Roane County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Roane County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Roane County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Roane County, West Virginia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/west-virginia/roane-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.